NH Supreme Court upholds conviction of Dianna Saunders in Dover death

DOVER, N.H. (AP) — The New Hampshire Supreme Court is upholding the conviction of a Dover woman who paid relatives to killer her boyfriend in 2008.

DOVER, N.H. (AP) — The New Hampshire Supreme Court is upholding the conviction of a Dover woman who paid relatives to killer her boyfriend in 2008.

The court rejected the appeal of 44-year-old Dianna Saunders, who claimed she did not consent to a search of her home and vehicles after David King's body was found in the basement of the home they shared.

Saunders is serving a life sentence after a jury convicted her in March 2011 of two counts of theft, conspiracy to commit murder and being an accomplice to murder.

Prosecutors said she enlisted her ex-husband and her son to kill King to cover up the theft of thousands of dollars she had stolen from someone else.

Defense lawyers had argued her ex-husband arranged the killing on his own out of jealousy.